I actually doubt that anything that a totally indifferent brand like Echo does has any impact whatsoever on what the real chainsaw brands do, with the possible exception of cheap consumer saws....![]()
I could not disagree more, no business that wants to stay competitive in the global marketplace does not have their competitors products regularly disassembled and gone over by their engineering teams, I'd bet even Husky has a few Echos tucked away somewhere for "research" purposes.